Every time Nintendo puts out news about Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, I brace myself for a wave of anti-musou sentiment on Twitter. Just search “Fire Emblem” and “musou,” and you’ll see Twitter grousing about how Three Houses’ sequel would be so much better if it wasn’t a musou. As someone who loved Fire Emblem…
Source: Kotaku – Fire Emblem Warriors Was Brilliant Actually: A Defense Of Musou
Want to get The Witcher 3 and Grand Theft Auto V running at 60 fps in 4K on the Steam Deck? You can, as long as you’re willing to spend a lot of money to Frankenstein Valve’s latest PC gaming device in the process.
Source: Kotaku – Modder Makes Ridiculous Upgrade To Steam Deck To Play Witcher 3 On Max Settings
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands doesn’t really get started until the end. The best part of Gearbox’s new loot-shooter is an endgame mode called Chaos Chamber. It is both a total bummer and, ultimately, for the best that you can’t unlock it until you roll the credits, as, take it from me, doing so has genuinely tarnished the…
Source: Kotaku – The Best Part Of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Is Its Endgame
No Man’s Sky keeps getting bigger with its next expansion, subtitled Outlaws. This free update promises to introduce players to the game’s criminal underworld by focusing largely on activities like smuggling and pirate raids when it goes live today.
Source: Kotaku – No Man’s Sky Update Overhauls Space Combat, Adds Pirate Underground
Gearbox co-founder/CEO/magician Randy Pitchford has bought The Magic Castle, an iconic Hollywood property that’s both home to The Academy of Magical Arts (AMA) and has also been the subject of serious allegations of a “variety of abuses, including sexual assault, sexual harassment and discrimination on the basis of…
Source: Kotaku – Gearbox Boss Randy Pitchford Buys Hollywood’s Magic Castle
Like pretty much everything else on the planet, the pandemic has knocked the video game industry on its ass. But while game delays, console shortages and under-cooked releases have been the main issues facing players, those actually making the games have faced the same obstacles many of us have; namely, that they’ve…
Source: Kotaku – Bungie Going ‘Digital-First’, Many Future Roles Will Be ‘Fully Remote’
Last week, Cyberpunk 2077 was $5 at Best Buy. Amazon was giving away games like Elden Ring as part of a buy two, get one free discount. And PlayStation’s spring sale, running all month, is offering some solid deals on a ton of games. But the actual best low-key video game sale of the season has secretly been on the…
Source: Kotaku – The Best Video Game Sale Of The Season Is Actually On 3DS
Despite being one of the most iconic moments in video game history, it was only a matter of time before speedrunners discovered a way to bypass the much-beloved ladder-climbing sequence in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater entirely. What a thrill.
Source: Kotaku – Someone Found A Way To Skip Metal Gear Solid 3’s Iconic Ladder Climb
Elden Ring is not an adorable game. Literally everything, from the ferocious wildlife to the beefed-up Starscourge Radahn, wants to bury your Tarnished and stop you from restoring order to the Lands Between. But the idea that FromSoftware’s famously difficult Souls-like could be cute sent YouTuber Kevin “Flurdeh”…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Looks Tiny, Adorable With ‘Tilt-Shifted’ Camera
Most people ask themselves normal questions like, “Is it going to rain later?” and “What should I have for dinner tonight?” Many Elden Ring players are not normal, however, which is why one asked himself if he could beat the game’s bosses by exclusively smashing ass. And because this is Elden Ring, the answer is: of…
Source: Kotaku – Elden Ring Speedrunner Kills Toughest Bosses With Only His Ass
The second trailer for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes debuted this morning, and it’s promising me everything that I could want in the musou follow-up to a tactical RPG masterpiece. After showing our new protagonist getting beaten down by the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the video goes straight into…
Source: Kotaku – Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Turns Your Old Protagonist Into A Villain
At this point, it’s fair to assume that any proclamations of “console exclusivity” should be taken with an entire deer lick of salt. The PlayStation 5 launch title Bugsnax comes out on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on April 28, as part of the Game Pass library, developer Young Horses announced. It’s also getting a…
Source: Kotaku – Another PlayStation ‘Console Exclusive’ Comes To Xbox
While the rest of the video game industry is consolidating, Nintendo is spreading out. The Switch manufacturer has finally responded to massive moves by competitors Sony and Microsoft by announcing a $39.8 million land deal to break ground on a new R&D office. Whatever it takes to finally port Mother 3.
Source: Kotaku – While Sony And Microsoft Acquire Studios, Nintendo Buys Land
Many of FromSoftware’s games are punishing. They require calmness, patience, and quick reflexes, as any wrong move or panicked action could—and often does—result in an unceremonious death. So, you’d think taking advantage of every tool in your arsenal when exploring FromSoft’s games would be a no-brainer. But YouTuber …
Source: Kotaku – Dark Souls 3 Player Beats The Game Without Taking A Single Step
Torrent, the magic horse-goat that lets you get around Elden Ring’s world at cruising speeds, is one of the highlights of the game, but that’s not to say they’re perfect.
Source: Kotaku – Why Elden Ring’s Torrent Keeps Getting You Killed
From the earliest days of the Assassin’s Creed series, certain elements of the fanbase have been insufferable with their ideas—and demands—for new settings and time periods for the games to take place in.
Source: Kotaku – A Very Cool Idea For A New Assassin’s Creed Game
While Halo Infinite is a first-person game by design, that doesn’t mean, like so many other games designed to be played a certain way, we can’t play it another way if we want.
Source: Kotaku – Halo Infinite Is Now Playable In Third-Person
I just watched a debate between two professional Apex Legends players about whether or not the Earth is flat, and I feel like my brain is leaking out of my ears.
Source: Kotaku – Apex Legends Pros Engage In Real Flat Earth Debate On Twitch
Elden Ring speedrun times dropped dramatically over the last week thanks to the discovery of a new route that removes the need to fight any of the FromSoftware game’s difficult bosses. The current world record, held by high-level Souls speedrunner Distortion2, sits at just below 9 minutes. Let’s look at how he did it.
Source: Kotaku – How Elden Ring Speedruns Beat The Game In Under 9 Minutes Without Seeing Its Final Boss
Last September, a massive list of potential PC games leaked through Nvidia’s GeForce Now video game streaming service and was posted online. At the time, no one quite knew what to make of it. Was it insider info or speculative placeholders? Now evidence is mounting that at least some of the leak is real with Square…
Source: Kotaku – The Giant Gaming Leak That Keeps Getting Vindicated